The problem with calling it a singaround, if that's the format you're using, is that the expectation then is that it's going to be all songs. If you want to include music, poetry, stories, stepping or whatever, what do you then call it? We chose 'Shammick Acoustic Sessions', but it's not a free-for-all in terms of diving in, or joining in with everything. 'Come All Ye' is a possibility, but it's perhaps a little old-fashioned, and the idea is only known to those who are familiar with the folk scene. Since we've started running 'concert nights' (i.e. with a guest and pre-booked support slots), our other nights have become 'Open Nights', using a singaround format, and we're dropping the 'Sessions' part of our title. But then, some people think, because it's called 'Acoustic', that it's all singer-songwriter.

Whatever you call it, it's going to mislead someone, it seems!

Barbara